CHRISSY GUEST
DIRECTOR / WRITER
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Program Director, Television and Digital Media Production
Media Arts, Science and Studies Department
Roy H. Park School of Communications
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York 14850
607.274.3331
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EDUCATION
2011 M.F.A, Creative Writing, Full Sail University
2009 B.S, Cultural Studies, University of New York at Empire State College
2007 A.S, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Tompkins Cortland Community College
APPOINTMENTS
2022- Television and Digital Media Production, Program Director, elect
2020-Tenured, Associate Professor, Ithaca College, Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies
2014-2020 Assistant Professor, Ithaca College, Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies
2013-2014 Assistant Professor, Tompkins Cortland Comm. College, Department of Humanities
2009- (2013 Tenured) Instructor, Tompkins Cortland Comm. College, Department of Humanities
2011-2014 Lecturer, Ithaca College, Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies
2012 Adjunct Faculty, SUNY Delhi, School of Business and Technology
2006-2009 Adjunct Faculty, Tompkins Cortland Comm. College, Department of Humanities
2003-2004 Lecturer, Ithaca College, Department of Television Radio
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
Ithaca College
Introduction to Video (Field) Production, TVR 11500
TV Series Production, TVR 21500
TV Series Directing, TVR 31500
Introduction to Television Studio Production, TVR 10700
Television Production & Direction, TVR 22500
Live Event Production, TVR 40003
A Brief History of Television Comedy
Fiction Field Production 1, TVR 21500
Fiction Field Production 2, TVR 31500
Media 4 Social Responsibility: Women Working Behind the Scenes Independent Study: Production Design
Broadcast Motion Graphics & Animation Women in Media, Film & Television Exploring the Options, IISP 10500
Live Event Concert Production
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Introduction to Field Production
Intermediate Field Production
Fiction/Non-Fiction Field Production
Broadcast Operations
Television Production & Direction
Television News Production
Television Sports Production
Digital Cinema Capstone
Dynamic Media III
Introduction to Motion Graphics & Design
Special Topics: Advanced Motion Graphics Film & Television
On-Location: Hollywood Advanced Post Production/ Editing Creating Online Media
Portfolio I
SUNY Delhi
Multimedia Publishing & Design
AWARDS/ GRANTS
2019 $46,000 Technology Award, Technology Planning Committee, IC
2017 $3,300 Technology Award, Technology Planning Committee, IC
2017 $7,700 Technology Award, Technology Planning Committee, IC
2017 $18,000 Technology Award, Technology Planning Committee, IC
2016 $5,000 Pendleton Research & Production Grant, Pendleton Grants Committee, IC
2016 $3,350 Research Award, Summer Research Grant Committee, IC
2016 $3,500 Technology Award, Technology Planning Committee, IC
2015 $40,000 Technology Award, Technology Planning Committee, IC
FELLOWSHIPS/HONORS
2021 Park School Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Ithaca College
2021 Nominated, President’s Award, Ithaca College
2021 Nominated, Faculty Excellence Award, Ithaca College
2020 Tom Niederkorn Award for Extraordinary Contributions, Hangar Theatre
2020 Infinity Award, Ithaca College
2020 EMMY Nomination, Documentary/Historical, With Infinite Hope
2019 University Film and Video Association Award for Excellence in Teaching
2019 Entertainment Faculty of the Year, Variety Magazine
2018 Nominated, Faculty Excellence Award, Ithaca College
2013 Faculty Fellowship, Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, EMMY
2013 Nominated, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, TC3
2012 20 Outstanding Women You Should Know, CNY Radio Group
2012 Outstanding Women Award, Recognition from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
2007 Nominated, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching, TC3
1994 Tompkins County Youth Bureau’s Service to Youth Award
INVITED TALKS
2021. Women in Animation Research, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Towson University, Sept 14
2021. Women in Animation Research, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Elon University, Jan 14
2020. Women of Titmouse Animation, Creative Talent Network Animation Expo, Nov. 11
2020. Women in Animation Research & Documentary Film, CSU at Fullerton, WIA, Nov. 15
2020. Women in Animation Research & Documentary Film, Towson University, Sept 10.
2019. Keynote Address, University of Florida Comics Conference, Gainesville, April 12-14
2018. Women of Pop Culture, Ithaca Wizarding Weekend, October 28.
2018. Keynote Address, Film and Animation Festival, Niagara CC College, May 5.
2018. Women in Animation Research & Documentary Film, Full Sail University, April 27.
2018. Keynote Address, Pippi to Ripley Conference, Mansfield University, April 21
2017. Disney’s take on Stereotypes and Diversity, 1A, National Public Radio, June 20
2017. Women in Non-Traditional Media Roles, Roy H. Park School, Ithaca College, March 23.
2017. Wonder Women Screening & Panel, Planned Parenthood, Cinemapolis, March 22.
2016. Women in the Media Panel, Roy H. Park School at Ithaca College, March 8.
2016. Beyond Ink & Paint, Documentary Film Presentation, TC3, February 10.
2015. Creating a Superhero, Teen Takeover at Southworth Library Dryden, July 15.
2015. Networking & Brand Building, NYFTSA Summit at Ithaca College, December 5.
2014. Networking & Brand Building, NYFSA Summit at Ithaca College, December 6.
2012. Race into Your Success Seminar, College & Career Prep at CollegeNow TC3, March 30.
PEER REVIEWED SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Pedagogy
2019 The Twilight Zone Crossover Assignment, Teaching Resources, EditMedia.org, July 23
2019 Redefining the News Group Project, BEA Ignite, beaweb.org, April 12
SELECTED SCREENINGS/BROADCASTS
Festivals
The Women of Titmouse Animation, short documentary
2019 Berlin Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany Official Selection, July 11-14th
2019 Artemis Film Festival, Women in Action, Los Angeles, Official Selection, April 25-28th
2019 Women of Wonder Film Festival, Hawai’i Women in Filmmaking, Honolulu, Official Selection, March 15-17th
2018 Los Angeles Animation Festival, Los Angeles, Special Invitation, Nov. 30th -Dec. 2nd
Broadcast, PBS-National, Emmy Nominated
With INFINITE HOPE: MLK and The Civil Rights Movement, feature documentary
Producer/Editor – The program, produced in conjunction with Memphis PBS-affiliate WKNO-TV, is a feature- length documentary that takes a look at the life and leadership of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program premiered January 2019. To date, it has aired more than 450 times on more than 250 PBS stations (72% of all PBS stations nationwide) with 80% penetration in Top 50 markets. http://www.withinfinitehope.com/
Conference, Festival Selection
The Women of Titmouse Animation, short documentary
2018 University Film Video Association, New Mexico State University Peer Review, July 23-26th
2018. Breaking the Glass Frame Symposium, USC, Calarts, UCLA, WIA Peer Review, October 5-6th
2018. Broadcast Educator’s Association, University of Houston, Award of Excellence
Peer Review, October 18-20th
With Infinite Hope: MLK and the Civil Rights Movement, feature documentary
2018 University Film Video Association, New Mexico State University Peer Review, July 23-26th
Invited Screenings
The Women of Titmouse Animation, short documentary
2020 California State University, Fullerton, Women in Animation, Invited, Nov. 15th
2020 Towson University, Dept of Electronic Media & Film, Invited, Sept. 10th
2019 Cornell Cinema, Cornell University, Invited, Jan. 28th
2018 New York Film & Television Student Alliance, Brooklyn College, Invited, Nov. 9th
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Keynote
2019 The Formation and Advancement of Animation Studios through the Innovation, Artistry, and Persistence of Women, University ofFlorida Comics Conference, Gainesville, April 12-14
2018 Film and Animation Festival, Niagara CC College, May 5
2018 Pippi to Ripley Conference, Mansfield University, April 21
Presentations/Workshops
2023 Storytelling in the Vertical Frame, Student Television Network, Long Beach, CA, March 17
2022 Entering the Dimension of Innovative Storytelling: The Twilight Zone, Nightmares from Monkeypaw, Virtual Symposium on the works of Jordan Peele & Black Horror Cinema, University Film & Video Association & HBCU Initiative Symposium, Prairie View A&M University, October 27-28
2022 Teaching Television in the Streaming Era, Preparing Series Directors Workshop, University Film & Video Association Conference, Fredonia, July 26-29
2020 Twilight Zone Crossover Assignment: Using TV’s Past to Teach Archival Research, Character Development, & Socially Conscious Storytelling, BEA Ignite, Broadcast Education Association Conference, Las Vegas, April 17-20
2019 Mentoring Workshop for Gender, Diversity & Inclusion Caucuses, University Film & Video Association Conference, Minneapolis,
July 29-Aug 2
2019 Redefining the News Group Project, BEA Ignite, Broadcast Education Association
Conference, Las Vegas, April 6-9
BEA Ignite shares the best enterprise ideas for the classroom. Presenters have 5 minutes, and 20 slides, to share their top teaching tips. The NINE best IGNITE ideas were selected for live presentations during the BEA2019 conference through blind peer review.
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Papers
2019 The Formation and Advancement of Animation Studios through the Innovation, Artistry, and Persistence of Women, University Film & Video Association Conference, July 31
2018 Documenting Women in Animation from 1980-2018, Society of Animation Screen Studies Conference, Montreal, June 19-21
Panels
2021 Balancing Act, Lessons Learned: Online Hybrid Teaching for Studio & Production, Broadcast Education Association
Conference, April 12-16
2020 Representation and Diversity in Animation, Broadcast Education Association Conference, April 17-20, Accepted, COVID-19 canceled.
2019 How to convey industry experience that elevates your department’s inclusion and diversity, Broadcast Education Association Conference, April 6-9
2018 The Women of Titmouse Animation: The Inbetweens of Education, Employment and Everyday Life, Breaking the Glass Frame Symposium, USC Cinematic Arts, October 6-7
2018 New Approaches to Women in Animation, Society of Animation Screen Studies, International Panel, June 19-21
2018 Live Event Production Pedagogy, Broadcast Education Association Conference, April 7-10
2017 Women in Media: The Future is Female, New York Film Television Student Alliance Conference, September 23
2017 Teaching Inclusion in Film Instruction: Diversity and Inclusion ‘Above the Line’ University Film & Video Association
Conference, August 1-4
2016 Emerging Production Practices, Bridging the Gap Between Education and Industry, University Film & Video Association
Conference, August 1-4
2016 Innovative and Practical Assignments for Teaching Screenwriting, Broadcast Education Association Conference, April 17-20.
2016 Taking the Classroom on the Road: A Hitchhiker’s Guide, Broadcast Education Association Conference, April 17-20
2009 Broadcast Careers, Society of Broadcast Engineers Expo, October 6-7
CAMPUS TALKS
2021. Redefining ‘Remote’ Television Prod. Curriculum, Provost Colloquium, Ithaca College
2020 Hybrid Pedagogy, Ithaca College, Center for Faculty Excellence
2020. Diversity & Inclusion Pedagogy, Twilight Zone, Ithaca College –Park Faculty Meeting
2018. Enter the Twilight Zone, Ithaca College – Ithaca College Library
2018. Internship & Networking, Ithaca College – IC DKA Cinematic Society
2017. Internships & Networking, Ithaca College – IC WIC Chapter
2016. Internships & Demo Reels, Ithaca College – IC NYFTSA Chapter
2016. Networking & Internships, Ithaca College – IC Women in Communications
2015. Networking & Brand Building, Ithaca College – IC NYFTSA Chapter
2015. Networking & Brand Building, Ithaca College – IC Women in Communications
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SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Committees
Conference VP Elect, University Film Video Association, 2022-2025
Chair, Teaching Committee, University Film Video Association, 2023-
Board Member Elect, University Film Video Association, 2020 – Present
Workshop Chair, University Film Video Association Conference, 2022
Co-Chair, Teaching Committee, University Film Video Association, 2021-2022
Advisory Board Chair, New York Film & Television Student Alliance, 2012-Present
Advisory Board Member, Binghamton Film Office, 2021 - 2022
Chairperson, University Film Video Association, Gender Caucus, Mentorship Committee, 2018-2019
Education Advisor, New York Post-Production Alliance, 2014-2016
Festival Judging
Student TV Network, High School Crazy 8’s Vertical Shorts, 2023
Student TV Network, Middle School Crazy 8’s Vertical Shorts, 2023
UFVA: Multi-cam/Livestreaming, Faculty Submission, Chair, 2022 Rod Serling Film Festival, Judge, 2020
Rod Serling Film Festival, Judge, 2019 Rod Serling Film Festival, Judge, 2018
BEA Festival of Media Arts: Student Short Narrative Submissions, Judge, 2018 PitchNY Festival, Judge, 2017
UFVA: Screenwriting: Faculty Submissions, Peer Reviewer, 2017
SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT
Committees Ithaca College
Park Curriculum Committee, Member, 2022 -
Manager: MASS Department Instagram, Student Digital Content Team, 2022-
Manager: TVDM Program Instagram, Student Digital Content Team, 2021-
Search Chair: Tenure Eligible Faculty, Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies, 2020
Search: Tech. Dir. of Operations, Roy H. Park School of Communications, 2020
Assessment, Television Radio Program, 2019-2021
Search: Tenure Eligible Faculty, Sports Media Studies, 2019
Search: Tenure Eligible Faculty, Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies, 2016 – 2017
Search: Engineer, Roy H. Park School of Communications, 2016
Assessment, Television Radio Program, 2015-2016
Search: Associate Dean, Roy H. Park School of Communications, 2016
Search: Tenure Eligible Faculty, Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies, 2015 - 2016 Pendleton Grants Committee, 2014-2015
SERVICE TO COLLEGE
Committees
Ithaca College
President’s Inauguration Team, Committee member, 2022 President’s Inauguration Team, Run-of-show sub-group, Chair, 2022 President’s Transition Team, Committee Member, 2022
President’s Transition Team, Communication sub-group, Committee Member, 2022 Faculty Council Executive Committee, 2019 - 2021
Faculty Council, 2018 – 2022
Commencement Committee, 2020
LMS Replacement Action Group Committee, 2020 Commencement Committee, 2019
CFRD Review Committee, 2018-2019
Faculty Summer Research Grant Review Committee, 2017 Student Success Committee, 2016 - 2017
Student Success Committee Subcommittee: Transition to College, 2017
Student Success Committee Subcommittee: High Achievers Subcommittee, 2016 Linden Portfolio Award Committee, 2014 – 2015
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Curriculum Committee, 2011-2013
Diversity and Equity Action Council, 2010-2013
Search: Tenure Eligible Faculty, Graphic Arts & Design, 2012
EXTRACURRICULAR SERVICE
Advisor
Ithaca College
Women’s Volleyball Team, Athletic Department Appointed, 2016-Present New York Film & Television Student Alliance, 2013-Present
Women in Communications, 2015-2019 ICTV “Campus Retreat”, 2015
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Cinema Club, 2010-2014
Media Club, 2007-2010
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/SERVICE
Cortland Youth Theater Program, Video Producer, 2020 Cub Scout Film Badge Workshop Leader, 2016
Dryden Drama Boosters’ Volunteer Photographer, 2014-2015 Co-Chairperson, Dryden Town Youth Commission, 2011 – 2013
RELATED PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Software Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, AVID, Zoom, OBS, Shot Designer, Scriptation, Artemis Pro
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Television, Digital Production
2022. Director - Multicam, Commencement Eve Concert, Ithaca College School of Music, Multi-cam Prod.
2022. Director - Multicam, MLK Concert, Ithaca College School of Music, Multi-cam Production
2020. Supervising Editor, Moments Musical, Ithaca College Theater Department, Virtual Theater
2020. Editor, Spaces Dance, Ithaca College Theatre Department, Virtual Theater
2020 Editor, Honk Your Horn Musical, Hangar Theater, Virtual Theater
2019. Producer/Director, Educational Funding Video, Center Street-Horseheads School District
2017 Director, Educational Video, SHARE, Ithaca College, Park Productions
2016 Producer/Director, Short Documentary, Hannah the Orthodontist Therapy Dog, WSTM-3, WBNG-12, WENY-18
2015 Director, Cornell University MOOC “Six Pretty Good Books,” Park Productions
Television, Broadcast / Livestreams
2021 Producer, UFVA Award Show, Facebook LIVE, National Conference
2021 Producer, Ithaca College Hybrid Commencements, Streaming, WICB, Ithaca, NY
2020 Producer/Director, Ithaca College Virtual Dec. Celebration, WICB, Ithaca, NY
2020 Visual Designer, Medea, IC Virtual Theater Production, Vimeo Live, Ithaca, NY
2020 Producer/Director, Ithaca College Virtual Commencements, WICB, Ithaca, NY
2020 Livestream Producer, Uncommon Excerpts, Hangar Theater, Youtube, Ithaca, NY
2020 Livestream Producer, Queens Girl in the World, Hangar Theater, Ithaca, NY
2005-2006. Art Director/Assignment Editor, News 5, CBS-WIVT, Syracuse, NY
1999-2003. Technical Director, Time Warner Sports/Empire Sports, Syracuse, NY
1998-2003. Director/Graphic Artist, NewsChannel 9, ABC-WSYR, Syracuse, NY
1994-1998 Director/Photojournalist, NewsCenter 7, Time Warner Cable, Ithaca, NY
Television, Series
2007-2014 Producer, High School Challenge, PEGASYS-Time Warner Cable, Ithaca
2012 Producer, Upstate pilot, Tom Seeley Production, ABC-WSYR
2011-2013 Producer/Director, The Sweet Life with Chris Xaver, PBS National
Film
2022 Producer, Angel’s Day is Done, Tom Seeley Production, WCNY-PBS
2011 Director of Photography, Paranormal Proof, Chinimble Lore, Netflix
2010 1st Assistant Camera, Vito BonaFacci, Anthony Stella Productions
2009 2nd Assistant Camera, It Doesn’t Matter, Wayfinder Films
2009 1st Assistant Camera, Dream House, Chinimble Lore, Netflix
2009 1st Assistant Camera, Snowfall, Wayfinder Films
Commercial
2009 Director of Photography, NY JETS Football, Hark Productions, TWC
2008 Director of Photography, 1st National Bank of Dryden, Hark Productions, TWC
2008 Director of Photography, Fast Track Quick Lube, Hark Productions, TWC
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING/CERTIFICATION
2023 The Craft of Directing Multi-Cam with Director Morenike Joela Evans, Remote
2023 Commercial Directing Film School with Jordan Brady, 7 course series, Remote
2022 Directing Episodic Television with Pete Chatmon, Remote
2022 Director’s Prep: Advanced Materials & Vertical Frame with Soma Helmi, Remote
2022 Director Advance Prep: Keynote with Dr. Rachel Raimist, Sundance Collab, Remote
2021 Sundance Master Class: Directing Actors with Judith Weston, Remote
2021 Director Prep: Shot Designer with Dr. Rachel Raimist, Los Angeles, CA-Remote
2016 MasterClass Training, Robert de Niro on Acting, Remote Course
2013 Production Assistant Training, PA Bootcamp, Los Angeles, CA, (Certification)
2011 Meisner Acting Technique Training, Ithaca Actor’s Workshop, Ithaca, NY 2011 Ross Video Switcher Certification, Ottawa, Canada
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Broadcast Educator’s Association Member, University Film and Video Association Member, Society for Animation Studies Member, Women in Animation
Faculty Member, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
MEDIA COVERAGE
Falk, Allison. “Students to Perform New American Operas.” The Ithacan [Ithaca] 17 Nov. 2015, Life & Culture: n. page. Print.
Bozart, Bo. “Archivist Keeps Tabs on Ithaca College’s History.” The Ithacan
[Ithaca] 30 Oct. 2015, Life & Culture: n. page. Print.
Borrilli, Anthony. “Sitcom Pilot Scene Filmed at City Bar.” Cortland Standard
[Cortland] 6 Aug. 2011, Leisure: n. page. Print.
Conroe, Scott. “College Films Jets Camp Commercial.” Cortland Standard
[Cortland] 2 July 2009, Sports: n. page. Print.
Journal Staff Reports. “Cable Staffers Lasso Prize for Teaching Broadcast Ropes.” Ithaca Journal [Ithaca] 1995: n. page. Print